Question

Choose appropriate option to complete the given conversation:

There was a job advertised in the paper recently. At first you were interested but then you decided not to apply.
FRIEND: Have you decided what to do about that job that was advertised?
YOU: Yes, __________________ for it. (I/not/apply)

• A. I'm not going to apply
• B. I've not gone to apply
• C. I'd not go to apply
• D. I did not apply

Answer 1

The correct option is A I'm not going to apply

Sometimes, speakers use the present continuous tense to indicate that something will or will not happen in the near future, here, the action of applying is not going to happen. The present continuous is formed using am/is/are + present participle (root verb+ing). Hence, Option A is correct.

The rest of the options either indicate that the action has already happened (Option B and D) or that the action is hypothetical/unreal (Option C), hence incorrect.